 A London newspaper says the head of the United Nations refused legal action against an aide who engaged in "unwanted physical contact" with a colleague. The Independent obtained a confidential internal report into claims by a woman that Ruud Lubbers, the United Nations' high commissioner for refugees, sexually harassed her at a meeting with other top officials, the newspaper reported Friday. The woman said Lubbers placed his hands on her waist, pulled her back towards him and pressed his groin into her at the end of a Geneva meeting in December 2003. The internal investigation concluded: "Mr. Lubbers did engage in unwanted physical contact with a subordinate female staff member. New allegations that came to (investigators') attention ... were also examined and indicate a pattern of sexual harassment by Mr. Lubbers."
| No wonder Bill Clinton want's to be UN head, he certainly qualified for the "position". |
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan responded with a warning to Lubbers. | "Dammit Lubbers, can't you stick to molesting underage refugee girls? They don't file charges." |
Investigators also accused Lubbers of abusing "his authority as high commissioner by his intense, pervasive and intimidating attempts to influence the outcome of this investigation." The report also said there were other apparent cases of sexual misconduct by the former prime minister of the Netherlands. |